Masters and a Bachelors Degree in Law from the Queens University, Belfast, United Kingdom and was awarded an honorary Doctorate by the same University in 2002. She was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1988.

Tan Sri has excellent service records within both the domestic public and private sectors, and international environments. She has served as a Lecturer, Deputy Dean and Dean of the Law Faculty of University of Malaya, Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia, Human Resource General Manager of Malayan Banking Berhad and the Assistant Secretary General for United Nations Human Resource Management in New York. Tan Sri was previously an Executive Director of the International Centre for Leadership in Finance and in 2006, she was appointed as the first female Vice-Chancellor in Malaysia posted to University of Malaya.

Tan Sri is currently a Director of Allianz Malaysia Berhad,  Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad, Lotte Chemical Titan Holding Berhad and the Chairman of the Board for Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad. She is also the President of Pertubuhan Tindakan Wanita Islam (PERTIWI) and the Malay Girls College/ Tunku Kurshiah College Old Girls Association.

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